Unique Hoffman Ave. Tower

Name	Type	Comments	Date

The Slidebroker image by John Hill	General	Magnificent picture! FYI the location listed as "St. Peter" should say "St. Paul".	4/25/2007 7:44:07 PM

Marty Bernard	General	What a weird mistake. I've fixed it. Thanks. There is a St.Peter, MN!	4/26/2007 7:21:48 PM

Steve J Rush	General	I worked there 1968/ 69... thanks for the memories!	5/13/2012 2:39:49 AM

Robert Anderson	General	Beautifully composed shot of plant with armstrong rods all in place down front of tower. I've added a closeup later of tower with rods cut off from electric conversion to northamericaninterlockings for contrast. By luck tower and maybe myself shouldn't be here. A BN frt desending Division St had an empty long gon get forced up and out of train right about at that pot signal to the left. The momentum piled up cars behind and the gon wound up across all the tracks except the foreground Milw Ewd frt main. The only trk left open. Had it turned the other way,tower legs would have surely been knocked out. Good luck as in another senario 3 towers down at St Croix. When your numbers not up here we are looking at your nice photos decades later. Like Steve above,thnks Marty.	3/30/2018 11:19:18 PM

Unique Hoffman Ave. Tower
The CB&Q needed one more track next to the bluff resulting in this unique tower. See: http://www.signalbox.org/overseas/usa/hoffmanavenue.htm
Date: 6/10/1964	Location: Saint Paul, MN Map	Views: 1680	Collection Of: Marty Bernard
Rolling Stock: MILW HoffmanAvTow (Other/Not Listed)			Author: Marty Bernard

Picture Categories: RollingStock		This picture is part of album: Railfan44's Milwaukee Road Shots

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